Imperial College London to charge £9,000

Posted 16 Feb 2011

Imperial College London has followed in the footsteps of Cambridge and announced it will be charging the maximum amount of £9,000 in tuition fees from 2012.

The Daily Telegraph reports that the establishment, which is one of the best in the world, will be tripling its fees to ensure it maintains its standards.

It is thought that universities, including Oxford, will follow suit and charge £9,000 as they need to plug a funding gap from the government.

This is despite David Willetts, universities and science minister, stating that universities can only charge the full £9,000 in exceptional circumstances.

Sir Keith O'Nions, Imperial's rector, revealed that the university will be charging £9,000 in an email to staff yesterday (February 15th).

In it he wrote: "We still have a way to go in our considerations about what forms of financial aid would attract and support the most able, but needy, students," quotes the news provider.

A recent report by the National Union of Students revealed that the amount of time university students spend with their lecturers has decreased in the last year and this may continue as establishments try to cut costs.

Those put off of going to university by the increase in tuition may want to undertake an alternative, such as a TEFL course, which trains people to teach English abroad.

By Sebastian Green


 

Category: Teaching and Learning